Nicholas Tepsich

Founded in 2007, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. is a broker located in Toronto with additional offices located in Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. They are a subsidiary of Macquarie Capital Markets North America Ltd. and their ultimate parent is Macquarie Group Ltd. (OTC: MQBKF.PK). Macquarie Capital Markets Canada follows the following sectors: mining, energy, utilities, infrastructure, consumer, technology, financials and real estate. The firm focuses primarily on Canadian-based stocks.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Research Capital Corp. is an independent, fully integrated national investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 as Mackie Research Capital Corp. until 2021. Research Capital offers a complete range of capital markets and wealth management services to private clients, institutions and growth companies with offices across Canada.

Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corp. (CFCC) is a broker/dealer located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. They offer clients an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. CFCC provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

H. C. Wainwright & Co. LLC (H. C. Wainwright) is a full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1868 and is a subsidiary of HCWHC, Inc. H. C. Wainwright delivers industry insights and real-time execution to both public and private small and middle-sized global emerging market companies. With a focus on identifying buyers and sellers in illiquid and difficult to trade equities, the firm specializes in block trading and providing liquidity in these securities with as little market impact as possible.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Founded by David Baskin in 1992, Baskin Financial Services, Inc. is an investment advisor located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm provides customized wealth management and discretionary investment management services to individuals and families throughout Canada.

Clarus Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in Toronto, Ontario. Their research team covers a wide range of sectors and companies. The theme to all their efforts is the drive to find good investment ideas among the small- to medium-sized issuers in Canada. Clarus Securities' research focuses on growth opportunities in both traditional equities and the business trust sector. They cover a variety of sectors including: alternative energy, clean tech/power infrastructure, energy services, geothermal energy, industrial products, mining, oil and gas, solar energy, special situations and technology.

Geological Survey of Canada is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country, developing Canada''s natural resources and protecting the environment. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

HSBC Securities (Canada), Inc. is a full service broker/dealer located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HCS, NasdaqGS: HSBA). They are a member of the TMX Group, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF). The firm offers their clients advisory and execution products and services in the following areas: M&A advisory, equity and debt capital markets, leveraged and acquisition financing, foreign exchange, fixed-income, derivatives and structured products. HSBC Securities specializes in 4 global sectors: financial institutions, consumer/retail Resources, energy and diversified Industries.

Quantum Leap Asset Management Ltd (Quantum Leap Asset Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Climate Change Infrastructure Corp founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Outlook Resources, Inc. produces biotechnology and pharmaceutical products. It uses proprietary technology for the production of low-carbon fertilizers from renewable sources by blending locally-sourced renewable raw materials with biological and enzymes in a proprietary process. The company was founded on December 18, 1984 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Laurentian Bank Securities is an independent broker/dealer located in Montreal. They are a subsidiary of Laurentian Bank of Canada (TOR:LB). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Deutsche Bank Securities Ltd. is a broker/dealer located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB). They focus mainly on the consumer, energy, utilities, chemicals, financial institutions, financial sponsors, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, industrials, media, natural resources, real estate, technology and telecommunications sectors.

Haywood Securities (USA), Inc. (Haywood USA) is a wholly-owned broker/dealer subsidiary of Haywood Securities, Inc. in Canada. Headquartered in Vancouver, the firm was founded in 1996 and offers integrated cross-border wealth management solutions to Americans living in Canada and Canadians living in the US. Their research focuses on young companies that are built around fresh ideas, with the potential for rapid growth in the Mining/Resource, Technology and other emerging sector.

Haywood Securities, Inc. (Investment Management) (Haywood-IM) is the investment management division of Haywood Securities, Inc., a full-service investment dealer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 1981, Haywood-IM offers customized, client centric, multi-asset portfolios for individuals and their families, business owners and like-minded entrepreneurs.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Ltd. (LOM) is an independent Canadian broker/dealer firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1970, the firm combines objective research and value-added financing ideas with institutional sales, trading and investment banking. They are a provider of value-added North American research. LOM focuses exclusively on advising small and mid-cap companies, with a strong focus on select emerging growth companies in industries that include Technology, Healthcare, and Mining.

Electronic Arts (Canada), Inc. develops and publishes interactive entertainment software. Its software is used for console systems such as PlayStation® 3, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) system, Xbox 360™ & Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Game Cube™, Game Boy® Advance & Nintendo DS™ as well as games for mobile phone devices. The company is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.